November 3, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
VICTOR CONTEST IS CLOSED
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of the American dance or jazz orchestra closed this
week at Camden, N. J. The awards, which include
a second prize of $5,000, will be announced De-
cember 28.
The judges of the contest announced for the first
time today, are Nathaniel Finston, Edwin Franko
Goldman, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Arthur Lange, George
Olsen, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, Domenico Savino, Frank
Skinner, Fred Waring, S. L. Rothafel (Roxy) and
Tito Floridia.
The Victor contest f or a composition of symphonic
type, for w T hich a prize of $25,000, said to be the
largest sum ever offered for a single musical work, is
offered, closes May 28, 1929. Already many manu-
scripts have been received for consideration by the
judges who, in the symphonic competition, are Mme.
Olga Samaroff, Rudolph Ganz, Serge Koussevitzky,
Frederick Stock and Leopold Stokowski.
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